Tokyo, Nov. 7.
Japanese have almost completed the first half of their drive on Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, 262 miles south of Wuchang, according to field dispatches received here.
The reports state that Japanese naval and military forces are "OW A naval force has already reached Kiayu, half-way between pushing towards the city by three routes.
Hankow and Yochow, while one military force, driving south along the Canton-Hankow Railway, after taking Puchi, half-way between Wuchang and Yochow, pushed further south and is now battering Fengshuling.
Another military unit, after occupying Tsungyang, 20 kin. southeast of Puchi, reduced Hwashan and Liukia, about five kilometres south of Tsungyang, at 7 soid,—Reuter.
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